Escritas — Poems List

Eric Hoffer

We are more ready to

We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.

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Marcus Aurelius

To stand up -- or

To stand up -- or be setup?

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John Ruskin

This is the true nature

This is the true nature of home -- it is the place of Peace; the shelter, not only from injury, but from all terror, doubt and division.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

Few can foresee whither their

Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end.

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Marcus Aurelius

To refrain from imitation is

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

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Tallulah Bankhead

They used to photograph Shirley

They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.

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Fernando Botero

I describe in a realistic

I describe in a realistic form a nonrealistic reality.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

He should not vow to

He should not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.

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Marcus Aurelius

A little flesh, a little

A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself.

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Maurice Maeterlinck

We are alone, absolutely alone

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

The treacherous are ever distrustful.

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Grantland Rice

For when the One Great

For when the One Great Scorer comes

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Charles Caleb Colton

We hate some persons because

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because we hate them.

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Marcus Aurelius

Where life is possible at

Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible; life in a palace is possible; therefore even in a palace a right life is possible.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

Their Oath shall drive them,

Their Oath shall drive them, and yet betray them, and ever snatch away the very treasures that they have sworn to pursue.

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Hugh Elliott

It's such a part of

It's such a part of me, I assume Everyone can see it.

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Woodrow Wilson

When you have read the

When you have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you will have found it the key to your own heart, your own happiness, and your own duty.

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Tom Masson

Think of what would happen

Think of what would happen to us in America if there were no humorists; life would be one long Congressional Record.

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Do one thing every day

Do one thing every day that scares you.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

With hope or without hope

With hope or without hope we will follow the trail of our enemies. And woe to them, if we prove the swifter!

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Willem de Kooning

The trouble with being poor

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.

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Daniel Webster

If we abide by the

If we abide by the principles taught by the Bible, our country will go on prospering.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

Some who have read the

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works...

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Mary Anne Radmacher

Courage does not always roar.

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."

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